Reddit's /r/place Experiment

On April Fools Day, Reddit launched a social experiment forum where users could draw on a blank canvas by placing a pixel square tile, available in 16 different colors and dispensed every 10 minutes, much like the long-running crowddrawing site Drawball. In the next 72 hours, what ensued on /r/place were a series of impressive collage artworks created by both collaborative and competitive efforts involving tens of thousands users, and of course, quite a few moments of hilarity and a whole lot of data analysis.

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And So It Began

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Starry Night in /r/Place

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Mona Lisa Smiled

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Ah, the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise

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Soviet Union and ANTIFA Struggled to Gain Hold

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While France Evaded Germany

?

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And Murica Persisted

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Then The Rainbow Commission Arrived

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Before The Void Began

The main void area as of 2017-04-01 11:30 (UTC)

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From the Void Emerged the Dark Side of the Moon

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The Full Picture [FINAL]

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72-Hours Heat Map Analysis of /r/place

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Some PIxels Were Never Painted Over

(White Dots)

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Souvenirs Were Made

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One Redditor Vowed to Get It Tattooed for 50K Upvotes

47.4K upvotes as of 4/5/2017.

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